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DETROIT This trip hasn't been kind to the San Jose Sharks, but Thursday night they showed they are not slinking off into the darkness as the season winds down. The Sharks put on a solid effort from start to finish for a 6-4 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. But don't suggest to coach Todd McLellan that his players might have been a little looser than they had been lately. "As far as playing loose, I think I know where you're going with it," McLellan said, leaving unspoken the implication his team may have been gripping its sticks a little tighter when their playoff chances weren't so incredibly slim. "Last time I checked, I think we still have a chance....

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DETROIT This trip hasn't been kind to the San Jose Sharks, but Thursday night they showed they are not slinking off into the darkness as the season winds down. The Sharks put on a solid effort from start to finish for a 6-4 victory over the Detroit...

TORONTO If the Sharks had lost to the lowly Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night, their dim hopes for a late-season surge to the playoffs would have been below flickering. But they didn't. With its strongest offensive showing in more than two weeks...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba This was the game the Sharks knew mattered more than the others on this seven-game trip, but they sure didn't show it Tuesday night. Falling behind early, San Jose fell to the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 in the only game on this two-week...

Hockey players are so much more interesting when they actually speak their minds. This rarely happens. In the NHL, the ratio of cliches to meaningful quotes is roughly 100 to 1. (Or 110-1, Canadian.) This gives off the false impression that hockey is full...

SAN JOSE, Calif. Long-simmering issues between Sharks general manager Doug Wilson and veteran center Joe Thornton boiled to the surface Friday when Thornton had a direct response to Wilson's latest explanation of why the 'C' was removed from his jersey....

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SAN JOSE, Calif. It's still too early to say that one defeat can be devastating for the San Jose Sharks' playoff hopes. But San Jose dug itself an even deeper hole Saturday night after jumping out to a two-goal lead, then making the kind of mistakes...

In predicted order of finish
Pacific Division
1. KINGS
2013-14: 46-28-8 (100 points), 3rd.
Coach Darryl Sutter wants more from the kids, and wingers Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson look ready to deliver. Sutter also will have a full season of...

Kings 4, Sharks 3 (final)
The Los Angeles Kings have taken a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series against the San Jose Sharks by scoring twice in a 22-second span in the final minutes of Game 2 on Thursday night at Staples Center.
The...

Kings defenseman Drew Doughty and forward Jeff Carter, and Ducks forwards Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry were named to Team Canada’s roster for the Sochi Olympics on Tuesday, giving both Southern California teams strong representation at next month’s Winter...

Times columnist Helene Elliott rates the pluses and minuses in the NHL from the previous week:
Plus
+ Kudos to the St. Louis Blues for detouring during an East Coast trip to practice at Yale on Friday and attend a women's hockey game in honor of Mandi...

If you can't win, you better learn, and the lessons that emerged from the Ducks' loss in San Jose on Sunday are expected to be put into effect in the New Year's Eve rematch at Honda Center.
For one, playing physically is more effective than relying on...

After making first-line forward Dustin Penner a healthy scratch in favor of Jakob Silfverberg on Tuesday, Ducks Coach Bruce Boudreau had Silfverberg paired again with stars Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry in practice Thursday.
Penner has one goal and no...

From mighty Canada with its 11 returning gold medalists to humble hopefuls Latvia and Norway, the remaining entrants in the Sochi Olympic hockey tournament announced their rosters Tuesday, triggering vigorous debate in hockey rinks around the world.
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It would’ve been easy for Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville to yank goalie Corey Crawford shortly after the opening faceoff in San Jose on Tuesday night.
Easy and understandable. Crawford gave up two goals in less than six minutes and three before the...